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(b) School Baths. One private school has a small swimming bath which
is used only by scholars and staff. Sterilisation is by hand dosing with
chlorine with changes of water as necessary. Eight samples were taken by
the Health and Welfare Department to ensure adequate chlorination and
fitness for bathing, all of which proved to be satisfactory.
There are also two swimming baths at primary schools with treatment
plants. Sixteen samples were taken during the year and were satisfactory.
3. RIVERS AND STREAMS.
The River Thames forms the western boundary of the Borough and is
under the control of the Thames Conservancy Board. The Hogsmill River,
a tributary of the Thames, for some two miles forms the eastern boundary
and thence flows through the Borough. In dry weather a considerable portion
of the flow of this river comprises the effluent from the Hogsmill Valley
Sewage Treatment Works. The Beverley Brook, another tributary of the Thames,
forms part of the eastern boundary.
4. DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE.
With the exception of a small quantity which is discharged to the
sewage disposal works of the London Borough of Sutton at Worcester Park
and to the Wandle Valley Joint Sewage Board, the sewage of the district
is treated^at the Hogsmill Valley Sewage Treatment Works. This modern
plant also deals with the sewage from the Borough of Epsom & Ewell.
There are a few houses in Surbiton which use cesspools, but the
remaining houses in the Borough are connected to the main sewage system.
5. PUBLIC CLEANSING.
The Borough Surveyor is responsible for the collection and disposal
of house and trade refuse. Disposal is carried out by tipping into a
worked-out gravel pit provided by the haulage contractor.
The refuse is transferred to large capacity road vehicles and
transported to the tip by the contractor. The refuse is weighed on a
weighbridge and 45,6ll tons of refuse were sent from the Borough in 1965.
6. INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
The following is a tabulated list of visits and inspections made
by the Public Health Inspectors and Technical Officers other than visits
made by Pest Control Officers.